This document provides information about the major food groups and recommendations for daily servings. It discusses the following key points: - Dairy group (milk, yogurt, cheese): Recommends 2-3 servings per day to strengthen bones, muscles, and stop bleeding. Calcium provides these functions. - Meat group: Recommends 2-3 servings per day of proteins and iron to build strong muscles, make energy, and prevent infection. - Vegetable group: Recommends 3-5 servings per day of vitamins A and C for eye and skin health, and disease prevention. - Fruit group: Recommends 2-4 servings per day of vitamin C to heal cuts and bruises and fight infection.

2. Eat small amounts of your
favorite foods from this
category……….
• Cakes
• Condiments
• Soft drinks
• Chips
• Cookies

4. Eat 2-3 servings…..
• Milk
• Cheese
• Yogurt
• Ice Cream

5. • Strengthen bones which are growing stronger and
longer
• Stops bleeding if you get cut or bruised
• Muscles contract and relax

6. How Do I Get The Calcium I
Need?
• String Cheese – Combined with fresh or
dried fruit
• Mini Snacks – baby carrots, whole grain
crackers, low fat milk
• Veggie pizza

7. Interactive Review for the
Milk,yogurt, and Cheese Group
• How many servings
are recommended
from the milk, yogurt,
and cheese group?
• Calcium provides
what function/s to the
body?
• 2 – 3 servings
• Strengthens bones
• Muscles contract/relax
• Stops bleeding if you
get cut or bruised

9. Eat 2-3 servings…….
• Dried beans and peas
• Beef
• Pork
• Chicken and turkey
• Fish
• nuts

11. Carries oxygen to all parts of your body
Helps your body make energy
Helps prevents infection

12. Interactive Review on
Meat Group
• How many servings are
recommended from the
meat group?
• Foods in the meat group
help to build strong what?
• Foods in the meat group
provides?
• Iron is important because?
• 2 –3 servings
• Muscles
• Protein and iron
• Helps body make energy
• Helps prevent infection

14. Foods in the Vegetable Group
gives us:
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Fiber

15. Eat 3-5 servings…..
• Broccoli
• Corn
• Lettuce
• Tomato
• Mushrooms

16. The vitamins provided by eating
vegetables……
• Vitamin A – Helps us to see in the dark
and keeps our skin healthy.
• Vitamin C – Helps prevent diseases

18. Eat 2-4 servings
• Raspberries
• Apples
• Kiwi
• Strawberries

19. Fruit Group foods provides

20. Interactive Review on
Fruit Group
• How many servings
are recommended
from the fruit group?
• Eating from the fruit
group provides us with
what vitamin?
• Vitamin C helps us
with what?
• 2-4 servings
• Vitamin C
• Heals cuts and bruises
• Fights infection

22. Eat 6-11 servings
• Bread
• Cereal
• Pasta – spaghetti and/or
macaroni noodles
• Pancakes

23. Grain Group Foods Gives Us
Carbohydrates for the
Energy We Need to Play,
Learn, Sleep and Keep Our
Bodies Running 24 Hours
a Day!

24. Interactive Review on Grain
Group
• How many servings
are recommended
from the grain group?
• What does the grain
group gives us for the
energy we need to
play, learn, and sleep?
• 6-11 servings
• Carbohydrates

26. Ways to Increase Your Physical
Activity
• Recess
• Playing sports
• Exercising

27. Let The Pyramid Guide Your
Food Choices
• Encourage regular intake of calcium rich foods
• Increase physical activity
• Restrict intake of low nutrient beverages
• Take a more active role deciding what is
purchased when shopping with your parents

28. Thank you.